Middle East

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends a family photo during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku on November 12, 2024. Photo: Alexander NEMENOV / AFP

Erdogan still ‘hopeful’ about Assad for Ankara-Damascus rapprochement

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday said that he is still “hopeful” about Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for a potential Ankara-Damascus rapprochement.

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Iraq

A census team in Erbil. Photo: Bilind T. Abdullah/Rudaw/file

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Nearly 200,000 Yazidis remain displaced ahead of crucial census

Iraq

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Kurdish leaders extend condolences, stress cooperation after deadly IED attack

Iraq

A plane landing in the Erbil International Airport. File photo: Bilind T. Abdullah/Rudaw

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Flights across Iraq to operate during census curfew: Official

Iraq

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IED kills two Peshmerga in Tuz Khurmatu

Iraq

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PMF launches anti-ISIS operation in Anbar

Iraq

yesterday at 11:15

Iraqi strike kills four suspected ISIS members in Kirkuk

Turkey

Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, speaking to Rudaw wearing a Kurdish scarf (pushi) on his shoulders, on November 16, 2024. Photo: Rudaw

yesterday at 08:12

Istanbul’s Imamoglu urges Turkey to reinstate ousted Mardin mayor

Iraq

Kirkuk Governor Rebwar Taha speaking during a press conference in Kirkuk on November 16, 2024. Photo: Rudaw

yesterday at 06:15

Governor calls for people of Kirkuk to return ahead of census

Syria

Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei speaking in a presser on November 15, 2024. Photo: Iranian Foreign Ministry/X

yesterday at 09:02

Iran condemns Israeli airstrikes on Damascus

Approximately 200,000 Yazidis remain in the Kurdistan Region due to instability in their hometown of Shingal amid the ongoing Iraqi census process. Kurdish officials have outlined ways to be registered in their hometown.

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Kurdish leaders extend condolences, stress cooperation after deadly IED attack

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Flights across Iraq to operate during census curfew: Official

19 hours ago

IED kills two Peshmerga in Tuz Khurmatu

21 hours ago

PMF launches anti-ISIS operation in Anbar

Iraqi strike kills four suspected ISIS members in Kirkuk

Governor calls for people of Kirkuk to return ahead of census

Kirkuk farmers granted access to lands for winter planting

Reconstruction finishes on Mosul's famed minaret

KRG declares holiday for natives of disputed areas to take part in census

Kurdistan Region oil exports could resume in weeks: Minister

Iraqi president warns of escalating natural disasters due to climate change

Iraq says census to be held nationwide after resolving issues with KRG

Turkey

yesterday at 08:12

Istanbul’s Imamoglu urges Turkey to reinstate ousted Mardin mayor

Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on Saturday visited veteran Kurdish politician Ahmet Turk in Mardin and called on the Turkish government to reverse its controversial decision to remove Turk from his post as mayor.

Some of the people who were killed in Mardin, Turkey on January 19, 2023. Photo: submitted

14-11-2024

Turkish court sentences two suspects to life for Duhok families’ death

Tuncer Bakirhan, Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party co-chair, speaking at a party event in Mardin province, Turkey, on November 5, 2024. Photo: DEM Party

07-11-2024

Ankara launches legal action against pro-Kurdish DEM Party leader

Devlet Bahceli, the leader of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) speaking in the Turkish parliament on November 5, 2024. Photo: AA

05-11-2024

MHP leader doubles down on Ocalan addressing Turkish parliament

Protesters take part in a march against trustees holding a banner which reads as "The will of the people cannot be usurped. We will not let the trutees" during a demonstration in Diyarbakir, on November 4, 2024. Photo: Ilyas AKENGIN / AFP

05-11-2024

Removing Kurdish mayors sparks fury in Turkey

Turkey removes three Kurdish mayors, appoints trustees

DEM Party says it has a ‘roadmap’ to resolve critical Kurdish issues

Erdogan says far-right ally’s remarks on PKK leader should be evaluated

Nearly 500 PKK targets hit in Iraq, Syria after Ankara attack: Erdogan

Turkey arrests over 170 for alleged PKK links

PKK claims responsibility for Ankara aerospace firm attack

DEM Party headquarters attacked in Ankara

Kurdish politician says PKK won’t lay down arms without offer from Turkey

Iran

14-11-2024

Iran says to continue ‘full cooperation’ with IAEA

Rafael Grossi, the head of the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Photo: IRNA

13-11-2024

IAEA chief to visit Iran for nuclear program talks

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in a meeting with Supreme Council of Cybersecurity on November 12, 2024. Photo: IRNA

13-11-2024

Iran’s reformist president calls for new approach to restricted social media access

The aftermath of a bus overturning in Iran’s western Kurdistan province on November 11, 2024. Photo: IRNA

12-11-2024

Four killed, over 40 injured after pilgrim bus overturns in NW Iran

A group of Iranian border guards march at the eastern border of Iran shared with Pakistan and Afghanistan near Zabol, Sistan and Baluchestan province on July 19, 2011. Photo: Vahid Salemi/AFP

11-11-2024

Five IRGC members killed in southeast Iran

Iran says Trump should abandon ‘maximum pressure policy’

Iran launches two satellites via Russian Soyuz rocket

Seven killed in NW Iran traffic accident

Iran carried out 161 executions in October: Watchdog

Iran amputates two brothers for theft: Watchdog

Iran, Germany feud over Tehran’s execution of a dual national

Baghdad must remain ‘committed’ to UN complaint against Israel: Tehran

IRGC says drone kills two militants in southeast Iran

Syria

yesterday at 09:02

Iran condemns Israeli airstrikes on Damascus

Suspected Israeli airstrike in Damascus. Photo: SOHR/file

15-11-2024

Suspected Israeli airstrike targets Damascus

Smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike in Syria. File photo: AFP

14-11-2024

Israeli strikes near Syria-Lebanon border deal ‘large’ damage: State media

US troops patrol in northeast Syria (Rojava) in October 2024. Photo: Operation Inherent Resolve/X

13-11-2024

US conducts fresh strikes against pro-Iran groups in Syria

Fighters of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and partner forces standing in formation ahead of announcing the end of a week-long anti-ISIS operation in al-Hol camp in northeast Syria (Rojava) on November 12, 2024. Photo: Screengrab/SDF press

12-11-2024

Kurdish forces end week-long op in Rojava, detain 79 ISIS suspects

Car blast kills three SDF members in Hasaka

US strikes several targets pro-Iran militia targets in Syria

SDF captures ‘dangerous’ ISIS member in al-Hol camp raid

SDF arrests ten ISIS suspects in ongoing al-Hol operation

Suspected Israeli airstrike kills seven near Damascus

Kurdish forces arrest 16 ISIS suspects in al-Hol op

Israeli strikes injure soldiers in Aleppo, Idlib: State media

Syrian Kurds start second phase of al-Hol anti-ISIS op

Middle East

13-11-2024

Erdogan still ‘hopeful’ about Assad for Ankara-Damascus rapprochement

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday said that he is still “hopeful” about Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for a potential Ankara-Damascus rapprochement.